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- State of New Jersey, have invented certain which it appertains to make and use the which shall be sealed in a novel way.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

( 'YHAPWAN D. HENRIQUES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GOTHAM CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application filed May 21, 1908.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAPMAN D. HEN- RIQUES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and new and useful Improvements in Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to same.

My invention relates to cans and especially to the kind of can known as non-refillable cans, and the objects of my invention are to produce a can having a sealed closure, the seal of which may not be broken without betraying the fact that it has been tampered with.

Another object is to produce a can closure fitting so closely as to form a friction joint which shall be tight and practically permanent.

Another object of my invention is to produce a closure having a nozzle, the cap of Another feature of my can is a spout adapted to be stopped by an internal cork or other stopper and dislodging means for the cork, and a housing for the dislodging means.

My invention comprises certain other novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully specified and claimed.

The features of my invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation. Fig. 2 is a like elevation showing portions detached. Fig. 3 is an illustration of my device, but showing a different sealing arrangement. Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section of my device with a portion of the can broken away. The closure portion of the illustration representing the method of attaching the cork internally.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

In the drawings 1 represents the can body having a projecting collar portion 2, said col.- lar portion having slightly tapering side walls whose edges are inwardly withdrawn at 2 to a smaller diameter as represented at 4 in Fig. 1.

The closure 5, as to its lower portion, has substantially similar vertical side walls but Specification of Letters Patent.

without the inturned edges. Said side walls Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 434,151.

are preferably of substantially the same diameter as the collar 2, so that when the clo sure is placed downward on the collar 2 the curved portions 2' will assist in registering the apertures of 2 and 5 and will surely cause them to register, and further pressure exerted upon the closure will force it down ward and will cause the two to form a substantially air tight joint, as shown in Fig. 1. The collar 2 may be integral with the can or may be separate therefrom and fastened to a can, or other receiver by soldering or in any approved way. The diameters of the closure and the collar are so nearly the same, especially when the material used is tin, that pressure of one upon the other insures the close connection that forms the air tight joint.

Extending upward and substantially diagonally outward is a nozzle 13' of wellknown form having at its outer end a threaded portion 14 stamped therein or otherwise formed therein, and preferably a threaded cap 15 to screw down upon the threaded nozzle and close the orifice therein. While I prefer this form of nozzle, any other form may be used which. presents the same substantial conformation.

Upon the top of the cap 15 and preferably extending across the same I place a strip of metal, wire or other tenacious material 16, and seal it, preferably by soldering. This piece of material, preferably metal, in actual use a small strip of tin, is brought downward over the sides of the cap and nozzle 13 and is attached in a similar way by soldering as at 17, allowing a projection 17 u to extend beyond the point of the attachment. This is for the purpose of affording a hold upon the end of the metal strip 16 by which it may be ripped off from the nozzle, thus liberating the cap 15 and allowing it to be removed. It is apparent that the extent of the sealing by the solder or otherwise should be limited to a small amount, so that it will be comparatively easy to strip the metal wire from the nozzle and liberate the cap as aforesaid.

Fig. 2 shows the closure with the part 16 loosened from the nozzle, and ready to allow the cap to be removed.

Figs. 3 and 4 show in the upper portion a closure of somewhat different internal structure. In the nozzle 13 is a small orifice 8 through which a pin 9 having a head 10 extends downward to rest against a cork 7 which is seated in a neck or orifice 6, be

tween the closure 5 and the nozzle 13. On the top of the nozzle 13 is a housing 11 which may be formed much like the eX- tremity of 13 nozzle and may have a similar threaded end and cap. This housing protects the pin 9 and its head 10 from injury from careless handling or accident. In assembling the closure 5 and can 1 the cork 7 is first inserted into the openings 6, and then the closure forced down over neck 2 where it is held by friction until other means, as for instance solder, is applied for permanently securing the same to neck 2. It is apparent that upon the removal of the cap 12 and pressure downward upon the pin head 10 the cork 7 will be dislodged and fall downward into the receptacle, thus opening the orifice 6 so that the contents may be poured therethrough from the nozzle. It is apparent that after the means of closing has once been dislodged, the receptacle cannot be again used in the same way, and any failure in the integrity of the sealing, namely, any displacement of the cork 7 or displacement of the pin 9 would be readily detected and indicate a tampering with the contents of the can. It will be observed by the arrangement of closure the cork 7 may be readily applied so as to effectually close the can 1 after closure 5 has been applied thereto, and to positively prevent any discharge of the matter contained in can 1 without first having forced inwardly cork 7. It will also be observed that another cork could not be supplied in place of cork 7 without materially altering the parts of the closure or without removing the same, which removal or alteration would be readily observed and would consequently indicate that the closure had been tampered with.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is In a device of the character described, the combination with a can, of a closure there for, means for permanently securing said closure to said can, a plurality of removable caps for said closure arranged to expand at an angle to each other for permitting access to the interior of said closure at a plurality of points and at various angles, a strip of metal passing over all of said caps-and engaging said closure, fusible means connecting said caps and said closure with said strip of metal for holding said strip of metal in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAPMAN D. HENRIQUES.

WVitnesses:

HUGO Mock, HARRY O. ADAMS. 

